Not many interesting birds, but some interesting sightings 3/29

I birded the SW Loveland area again. The most interesting bird was Say's Phoebe and I had one at three different locations: Lonetree Reservoir, Hertha Reservoir, and Dry Creek Reservoir.

                                                      Say's Phoebe

While at Dry Creek Reservoir I watched and photographed a Bald Eagle attacking American Coot on the water. Every time the eagle would swoop down the coots would all dive. The eagle did eventually plunge in the water, but didn't come up with anything. After about 8 minutes of watching this the eagle then went down and picked up a very worn out coot off the top of the water and flew off with it in its grasp. I have seen this several times before, but this was the first time I have been able to photograph it.

                                                        Bald Eagle

                                                        Bald Eagle

                                                        Bald Eagle

                                                        Bald Eagle

Then on my way back home I noticed an Osprey sitting on a power pole right next to the road eating a fish, so I pulled over and got some great photos of the bird.

                                                           Osprey

                                                           Osprey

                                                            Osprey

                                                           Osprey

Then in the afternoon I ran up to Drake to try to find anything of interest. Unfortunately it was very quiet and didn't end up with very many species. I did end up seeing a Wild Turkey and an American Dipper. I tried for White-throated Swift in many places, but ended up empty handed.